- Batten the Hatches
__NOTOC__Infobox Album
Name = Batten the Hatches
Type = studio
Artist =Jenny Owen Youngs
Released =2005 (Canada )
Recorded =
Genre = Indie,folk rock
Length = 37:03 41:07 (reissue)
Label = Self-releasedNettwerk (reissue)
Producer = Ronen Ben Codor, Dan Romer
Reviews = *Allmusic Rating|3.5|5 [http://wc08.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:azfqxqqdld6e link]
* "Marie Claire " Rating|4|5 [http://www.marieclaire.co.uk/entertainment/Marie_Claire_music_review_Batten_the_Hatches_by_Jenny_Owen_Youngs_article_151359.html link]
*PopMatters rating-10|5 [http://www.popmatters.com/pm/music/reviews/41770/jenny-owen-youngs-batten-the-hatches1/ link]
* "Rock Sound " rating-10|7 [http://www.rock-sound.co.uk/reviews.php?s=150&f=2 link]
Last album = "The Scrappy Demo " (2004)
This album = "Batten the Hatches" (2005)
Next album = "The Take Off All Your Clothes EP " (2007)
Misc = Extra album cover 2
Upper caption = Reissue cover
Type = studio
Lower caption = From the 2007Nettwerk version"Batten the Hatches" is the debut album by American
singer-songwriter Jenny Owen Youngs . Originally self-released in 2005 by Youngs, it was reissued with the bonus track "Hot in Herre " two years later by theNettwerk label. [ [http://www.discogs.com/release/1061745 Jenny Owen Youngs - Batten The Hatches ] ]The track "Fuck Was I" was used in the first episode of the of the
Showtime series "Weeds", to illustrate a scene in which main character Nancy Botwin, a part-time marijuana dealer, discovers that her new lover is in fact a DEA agent. This appearance reportedly lead to sales of the album increasing from five to ten per week to between twenty and thirty per day. [ [http://www.forbes.com/media/2007/07/13/music-television-radio-biz-media-cx_lh_0713gatekeepers.html Video Kills The Radio Star (Again) - Forbes.com ] ]The album was listed as one of "
Guardian Unlimited "'s "Greatest Albums You've Never Heard" in a feature in November, 2006. [ [http://arts.guardian.co.uk/filmandmusic/story/0,,1937353,00.html The greatest albums you've never heard | | Guardian Unlimited Arts ] ]Track listing
:"All tracks written by Jenny Owen Youngs."
#"Porchrail" – 1:45
#"From Here" – 2:16
#"Fuck Was I" – 3:30
#"Lightning Rod" – 3:27
#"Voice on Tape" – 3:03
#*FeaturingRegina Spektor [ [http://www.spin.com/articles/jenny-owen-youngs/ SPIN.com: Jenny Owen Youngs ] ]
#"P.S." – 1:52
#"Bricks" – 5:00
#"Drinking Song" – 3:38
#"Woodcut" – 4:18
#"Coyote" – 3:14
#"Keys Out Lights On" – 5:00
#"Woodcut (The Age of Rockets remix)" – 4:04
#*Remix by Andrew FutralPersonnel
Performance
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Jenny Owen Youngs – vocals,acoustic guitar ,banjo , bass
*Oscar Chabebe –tabla
*Adam Christgau – drums
*Ronen Ben Codor –harmonium
*James Cucinotta –bass clarinet
*Willie Farr Jr. –electric guitar
*Andrew Futral –synthesizer
*Hawk –viola
*Chris Hembree –piano
*Cicero Jones –French horn
*Jordan McLean –flugelhorn
*Tim Petrochko –violin
*Patrick Petty –cello
*Andrew Platt – bass instrument
*Bess Rogers –flute ,voice
*Dan Romer – bass,electric guitar ,keys ,voice
*Jon Samson – digital kittens
*Bob Pycior – violinRecording
*Ronen Ben Codor – additional arrangements on track 11
*Andrew Futral –remix (track 12, reissued version), additional arrangements on tracks 3 & 5
*Jay Newland – mastering
*Dan Romer – production, engineering, arrangements, mixingRelease history
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